80s Music Trivia Quiz # 30
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Songs That Characterized The 80s - 'Together In Electric Dreams', 'Flashdance....What A Feeling', 'Cat People' (lyrics by Bowie) and 'Call Me'(performed by Blondie) are all songs written and produced by which king of electro pop?
The correct answer is 'Giorgio Moroder'
Giorgio Moroder's credits are astounding. Starting his music career in 1967, Moroder racked up hit after hit in the 70's and 80's and produced so many more. He is the winner of three Oscars, four Golden Globes, and three Grammys.
80s Music Question 2
Obscure 1980s Music 2 - Which song is the lowest-charting single on the Billboard charts for INXS in the United States in the 1980s?
The correct answer is 'Don't Change'
The follow-up to the number 30 hit "The One Thing", "Don't Change" proved to be the lowest-charting US single for the band in the 1980s, reaching number 83 on the Billboard charts.
80s Music Question 3
Classic Lyrics from the 80s and 90s - 'I really feel like I'm losing my best friend'
The correct answer is 'No Doubt'
Taken from the single 'Don't speak'
80s Music Question 4
Metal From the 80s, 90s and a Tad More 1 - In 1982, Virgin Steele's self-titled debut LP was originally released on Music For Nations in the UK. Which label released it in the US?
The correct answer is 'Zig Zag'
The second pressing was later on Mongol Horde in the US, and Maze in Canada.
80s Music Question 5
1980s Music - Grace Under Pressure
The correct answer is 'Rush'
80s Music Question 6
80s Behind the Lyrics IV - In the same song, Joel sings of his childhood, "I was born in '49/ A cold war kid in McCarthy time." For what state was Joseph McCarthy a senator?
The correct answer is 'Wisconsin'
McCarthy sought Communists anywhere he could find them, and when he couldn't find them, he made them up. His power peaked from 1950-1954, but he accused several Army members of Communist ties, and President Eisenhower protected his old employer. McCarthy fell from grace and died in 1957 of alcohol-induced cirrhosis.
80s Music Question 7
80s Opening Lines: Who Sings It? - 'Take your baby by the hand and make her do a high hand stand. Take your baby by the heel and do the next thing that you feel.'
The correct answer is 'Wang Chung'
-from the song 'Dance Hall Days' off the 1984 album 'Points on the Curve'.
80s Music Question 8
Best of British Music part two - Which Liverpudlian band had hits in the 80s with 'Rescue', 'The Cutter' and 'A Promise'?
The correct answer is 'Echo and the Bunnymen'
All of these bands are of course from Liverpool. Ian McCulloch went solo in 1988 with moderate success before reforming the 'Bunnymen' in 1997.
80s Music Question 9
80s Music UK - Who was asking about a "Brilliant Mind" in 1986?
The correct answer is 'Furniture'
This was their only hit in the UK.
80s Music Question 10
1980s Music 1st Lines : Volume 3 - 'i've been waiting for so long to come here now and sing this song.'
The correct answer is 'Howard Jones'
'New Song (Don't Crack Up)'